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A move to mint a new $1 coin honoring America’s presidents that is being spearheaded by Senator John E. Sununu is picking up steam on Capitol Hill. The U.S. Senate on Nov. 18 approved the legislation, which was introduced by…

The New Hampshire Business Review is the only statewide business newspaper in the Granite State. Now in its 25th year of publication, the biweekly Business Review has long been seen by readers and advertisers as the most respected source of…

Janeen Dalrymple, a state representative from Salem, had thought the state Legislature had killed a requirement that required small businesses to get a food-handling certificate - until she tried to open a small bakery and was told that the same…

Both legislative houses on Wednesday approved taking $10 million from the budget surplus to bolster home heating aid for the poor and elderly. Gov. John Lynch pledged to sign Senate Bill 228, which was spurred by rising energy costs in…

The retail business that bills itself as "America’s laziest and messiest department store" will once again open its doors in Manchester following a nine-year hiatus. Building #19 Inc., a surplus and salvage retailer will celebrate the grand opening of Building…

Environmental Power Corp. of Portsmouth on Wednesday said it will sell 2 million shares of its common stock at $7 per share in a public offering. MDB Capital Group LLC, the underwriter of the offering, will have a 30-day option…

Investors suing StockerYale Inc. say that they can produce a witness who will testify that executives distributed a misleading press release, even after being warned that it might be inaccurate. As a result of the April 2004 press release, the…

Nashua-based Curative Health Sciences has received notice that it faces delisting from the Nasdaq stock market unless the aggregate value of its shares reaches $15 million by February 8, 2006. On Nov. 10, the Nasdaq notified the company that unless…

Forrest McKerley, longtime former president and administrator of McKerley Health Care Centers and McKerley Management Services and founder of Secure Care Products, has been named the 2005 Citizen of the Year by the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce. McKerley, who…

The legal battle over control of Pennichuck Waterworks is not just costing city taxpayers -- it continues to take its toll on Pennichuck shareholders. The Nashua-based Pennichuck Corp. - parent company of the waterworks -- spent $711,000, or 10 cents…